Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	221% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170405
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '17 at 19:24
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 279 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 641 73% 568 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 199 Parallax 174 144% 183 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 172 Splatting 128 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,045 Write 1,203 Mixed 1,195 326% 1,481 MB/s	4K Read 54.8 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 30 192% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 57.7 DQ Write 388 DQ Mixed 132 128% 192 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$72 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 64 42481174 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 331 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4005642 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38903813767489 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 45 824180780 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 444 (C2) HDA temperature 44 55 85899345964 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 134204843098414 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1238965233 (F2) Unknown 100 253 268359963 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	67.2% Good	Read 171 Write 62.7 Mixed 72.2 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 2.13 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.73 194% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 68%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$72 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 74502850 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 337 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4062052 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 102842991903043 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 44 840957997 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 458 (C2) HDA temperature 45 56 85899345965 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 58677843198253 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1239842320 (F2) Unknown 100 253 299518139 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	64.7% Good	Read 159 Write 65.5 Mixed 76 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 2.33 4K Write 3.38 4K Mixed 0.44 208% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GB 3,530 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.3% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 19.5 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 123%

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Typical STRIX Z270I GAMING Builds (Compare 943 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 107%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	505x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	118x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x

SSD
1TB SSD 1TBLexarBench 184%, 3,679 samples	51x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	48x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	38x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $727

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16